Christine Rice
Mezzo-soprano
Christine Rice was born and educated in Manchester and read physics at Balliol College, Oxford, before entering the RNCM.
Previously for ENO: Erda The Rhinegold, Elizabeth I Gloriana, Olga, Rosina, Nerone Agrippina, Arsace Partenope, Suzuki, Zenobia Radamisto, Marguerite Damnation of Faust, Muse/Niklausse Tales of Hoffmann, Dorabella, Donna Elvira.
Career Highlights
Notable engagements elsewhere: Judith Bluebeard’s Castle, Miranda The Tempest, Emilia Otello, Lucretia, Sonyetka Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Maddalena, Giulietta Contes d’Hoffmann, Ariadne The Minotaur, Carmen, Hänsel, Jenny The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Blanca The Exterminating Angel (ROH); Ariodante, Rinaldo, Dorabella (Bayerische Staatsoper); Hermia A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Penelope Il ritorno d’Ulisse, Ruggiero Alcina (Teatro Real, Madrid); Carmen (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Zürich); Mercédès, Lucretia (Glyndebourne); Béatrice (Paris, Opéra Comique, Luxembourg); La Calisto (Geneva); Rosina, Amaltea Mosè in Egitto (WNO); Hansel, Giulietta, Blanca (Metropolitan Opera); Blanca (Salzburg Festival). Concert engagements include Boston Symphony Orchestra/Nelsons, Concert d’Astrée/Haïm, OAE/Rattle, SCO/Mackerras, LPO/Gardner, Philadelphia Orchestra/Nézet-Séguin and premiere of Harbison’s Closer to My Own Life (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra).
Recordings include: Annio La clemenza di Tito (DG/Mackerras), Respighi’s Il tramonto (EMI/Pappano) and a recital disc with Roger Vignoles (EMI).
Forthcoming: Brangane Tristan und Isolde (Grange Park Opera); Phaedra (Edinburgh International Festival)
Last updated: 2nd October 2023